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2 days ago · High-speed rail ( HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilizing trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialized rolling stock and dedicated tracks. While there is no single standard that applies worldwide, lines built to handle speeds above 250 km/h (155 mph) or upgraded lines ...
2 days ago · High Speed 2 (HS2) is a high-speed railway which is under construction in England. It will run between Handsacre, in southern Staffordshire, and London, with a spur to Birmingham. HS2 is to be Britain's second purpose-built high-speed railway after High Speed 1, which connects London to the Channel Tunnel. The majority of the project is planned ...
- Phase 1: 230 km (140 miles), Full network: 530 km (330 miles)
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3 days ago · The SEPTA Regional Rail system ( reporting marks SEPA, SPAX) is a commuter rail network owned by SEPTA and serving the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The system has 13 branches and more than 150 active stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, its suburbs and satellite towns and cities. It is the sixth-busiest commuter railroad in the United ...
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6 days ago · 1) Corrosion of tracks after cessation of surface and burying under tar. 2) Rot of roadbed/sleepers since closure. 3) Damage caused by the heavy traffic over the buried track for years. 4) Worn out state of the track itself of most systems at the time of closure. 5) Subsequent resurfacing leaving tracks a good six inches or more below the surface.
3 days ago · Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 11:04 pm. Joined: Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:07 pm. Posts: 218. By far the most common gauge for trolleys was RR standard gauge. PA trolley lines were mostly wide gauge with variations. Philadelphia (city tracks, ex-PRT) is 5' 2 1/4" while Red Arrow (P&WCT) and Pittsburgh are 5' 2 1/2.
2 days ago · IN the wikipage for Indian railways its mentioned that thre are 4 types of guage in India. I quote "Indian railways uses four gauges, the 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge which is wider than the 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge; the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge; and two narrow gauges, 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) and 610 mm (2 ft) ."
3 days ago · Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:29 pm. "Pittsburgh and Western Railroad from 1902. This was originally a narrow gauge system which was standard gauged from 1883 to 1911. It formed the main B&O line west from Pittsburgh. " "1883 B&O completes Wheeling-Pittsburgh route by acquiring narrow-gauge Pittsburgh Southern between Washington, Pa., and Pittsburgh ...
